Important Collectors' Wristwatches, P...

New York, Jun 15, 2005

LOT 284

"5013" Patek Philippe & Cie, Genève, No. 1908023, case No. 2928001, Ref. 5013. Made in 1994. Very fine and important, astronomical, minute repeating, self-winding, tonneau-shaped, 18K pink gold gentleman's wristwatch with perpetual calendar and moon phases, retro-grade date, leap year display and an 18K pink gold Patek Philippe buckle. Accompanied by an Extract from the Archives and a fitted wooden box.

USD 350,000 - 400,000

EUR 270,000 - 310,000

Sold: USD 417,500

C. Three-body, solid, polished, stepped bezel, concave andcurved lugs. D. Matte silver with applied pink gold Breguetnumerals, outer minute track, subsidiary seconds, apertures forthe day, month, leap year, and moon phases, retrograde datesector. Pink gold "Breguet" hands. M. Cal. R 27 PS QR, stampedwith the Seal of Geneva, rhodium-plated, "fausses côtes" deco-ration,39 jewels, straight line lever escapement, Gyromaxbalance adjusted for heat, cold, isochronism and 5 positions,shock-absorber, self-compensating flat balance-spring, 22K goldmicro rotor, repeating on gongs by means of a slide on the band.Dial, case and movement signed.Dim. 36 x 46 mm. Thickness 12 mm.


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Ref. 5013 Production of this reference started in 1992. This reference was until the introduction of the Sky Moon Tourbillon (Ref. 5002) the most complex wristwatch Patek Philippe produced. Self-winding, its movement consists of 515 parts and shares similarities with Ref. 5016, the manual-winding retrograde date perpetual calendar with tourbillon and 506 parts. Both watches incorporate perpetual calendar functions with a retrograde, or flyback, date hand whose specially developed mechanism absorbs almost no energy when the hand returns on the 1st of each month.Month and year indications in the leap year cycle will change instantaneously and if always kept running, no adjustments need to be made until Feb. 28, 2100 (The moonphase indication will show a deviation of one single day only after 122 years and 45 days). Combining a minute repeater with a retrograde date function certainly sets this highly complex timepiece apart from other watches and a very small stamp on the balance bridge, the "Geneva Seal" or Geneva Quality Hallmark, makes a further impotant difference. It attests, that Ref. 5013 is produced according to the highest standards of watchmaking in the world. A similar watch is published in ?Collecting Patek Philippe Wristwatches?, by Osvaldo Patrizzi, Guido Mondani Editore, 2004 edition, page 277.